Suffering With Honor and Rejoicing — A Different Kind of Mindset – Acts 5:40-42
He is the reason we can rejoice in suffering.
Wearing the Scars, Earning Our Spiritual Stripes – Galatians 6:16-18
Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Love Beyond Suffering – Philippians 1:12-14
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear. Chains. So much of…
Merry Christmas! Our Life Training Instructor in Sacrifice, Suffering, and Victory – Isaiah 53:10-12
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will…